What's Next for ‘dreamers?' DACA Tips

It’s official. The Obama-era program for young undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. by their parents is ending. What next for these so-called “Dreamers”?There are nearly 800,000 recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals permits in the U.S. About 124,000 are in Texas. Now, they are calling for laser-focus on efforts to get Congress to pass a law giving them a pathway to U.S. citizenship -- something DACA never did.“We knew DACA wasn’t a permanent solution from the beginning,” says Jose Manuel Santoyo, a DACA beneficiary who was brought to the U.S. when he was 8 years old. “So now we can move forward and fight for something better.”The end of DACA has sent Dreamers and their supporters scrambling. Dreamers serve in the military, teach, study and otherwise live ordinary lives in the U.S. Here are some tips for DACA recipients:-- Know your expiration date. The DACA work permit continues through its expiration date, according to attorneys at the San Francisco-based Immigrant Legal Resource Center. Employers can’t ask how someone obtained their work permit, such as whether it came through DACA or another program, ILRC attorneys say. But employers do have the right to reverify employment authorization after a work permit expires, they say.  Continue reading...